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Abstract
The article examines attitudes of Czech conscripts towards the military profession. It monitors their willingness to become career soldiers. It found out that as far as career motivation is concerned they prefer occupational incentives while those prefering institutional incentives comprise only a small minority. Among main reasons diverting them from a military career conscripts identified obsolete technology, the military style of thinking and low social prestige of the military profession in the Czech Republic. A substantial percentage of conscripts openly expressed racial and national intolerance. On the other hand, the article found out that the military has the potential to calm down these tensions and become an integrated institution contributing to racial and national understanding.